Script of the Bridge
- 艺人
- The Chameleons
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Statik
- 发行时间
- 1983年02月14日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by Ned Raggett
With two years, numerous radio sessions, and incessant gigging under their belts since their debut single, &In Shreds,& the Chameleons came to the studio determined to make a great first album with Script of the Bridge. To say they succeeded would be like saying Shakespeare did pretty well with that one Hamlet play of his. Script remains a high-water mark of what can generally be called post-punk music, an hour's worth of one amazing song after another, practically a greatest-hits record on its own: the John Lennon tribute &Here Today,& &Monkeyland,& &Pleasure and Pain,& &Paper Tigers,& &As High as You Can Go,& the breathtaking closer, &View From a Hill.& Starting with the passionate fire of &Don't Fall,& Script showcases how truly inventive, unique, and distinctly modern rock & roll could exist, instead of relentlessly rehashing the past to little effect. The scalpel-sharp interplay between the musicians is a sheer wonder to behold, the Dave Fielding/Reg Smithies guitar team provoke nothing but superlatives throughout, and John Lever and Mark Burgess make a perfect rhythm section -- while the crisp production of Colin Richardson and the band adds delicate synth lines and shadings, courtesy of early touring keyboardist Alistair Lewthwaite, and just the right amount of reverb and effects on the guitars. Add to that the words of Burgess, one of the few lyricists out there who can tackle Big Issues while retaining a human, personal touch, and it all just adds up perfectly. The best one-two punch comes from &Second Skin,& a complex, beautifully arranged and played reflection on the meaning of music and fandom, and &Up the Down Escalator,& an at once harrowing and thrilling antinuclear/mainstream politics slam. [An important note: avoid at all costs the original U.S. vinyl issue on MCA, which not only switches the song order but removes a full third of the songs.]
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- @咕咕：本命砖 好听哭 一生推 有机会 买黑椒
- @Play_Dead：05年左右听到这个乐队的。得益于当时上的一个国外音乐网站，rateyourmusic.com。类似于豆瓣。它有一个功能比豆瓣好，按评分/热度综合考量自动显示每一年热门专辑排名，所有风格都混杂在一起。这张专辑排在1983年前50，又看到是英国的后朋乐队，马上找来听。一听挖槽，这么牛逼的乐队怎么国内都没有人推呢？挖槽这不太后朋啊，什么风格啊？当时特别纠结怎么给他们分类，现在回过头来再想想当时太天真了，这乐队最牛逼的地方就是他们做出了超前的音乐，吉他效果器的用法已经在静悄悄的，毫无声息的影响着后面一大批乐队。
- @joymccabe：为了画这个封面特地买了彩铅笔，结果后来每天加班没时间（我是程序媛）[流汗]但是这件事我一定会做的！因为我真的爱这张专辑
- @韦编三绝，持之以恒JL：太好听了，我只能说这种氛围感已经影响无数后代的独立乐团以及为自赏风格预计了一种混响与回声蓝图，还有发现了后朋复兴的乐团-Interpol从这张专辑受到了太多启发了，因为国际刑警乐团吉他声从这乐团借了太多灵感...甚至多过Joy Division
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